The King of Urban Mercenaries
Chapter 368 - 368 368 The Goddess Who Yearns for the Support Fund

368: Chapter 368: The Goddess Who Yearns for the Support Fund 368: Chapter 368: The Goddess Who Yearns for the Support Fund “Honey, you’re here, come sit.”

In a high-end restaurant’s private room on the second floor, Lin Fei saw Mu Shanshan, his “CEO wife,” being led in by the waiter and immediately put down his glass to stand up and greet her.

Already irked by Lin Fei, her philandering husband, for calling and interrupting her work, Mu Shanshan’s naturally cold and stunning face grew even chillier at the sight of Gu Lanzi in the room.

“I’m sorry, I think I may have come to the wrong place.”

Gripping control of the vast Mu Group, Mu Shanshan instantly understood who really wanted to meet her as soon as she recognized Gu Lanzi.

Ignoring Lin Fei, her philandering husband, Mu Shanshan turned to leave the private room right away.

“Honey, why the rush to leave?

A free lunch is not to be wasted.”

Seeing Mu Shanshan about to turn and go, Lin Fei quickly stepped forward, grabbed her, and dragged her to sit down at the table.

“I don’t have the stomach for it like you do!”

Initially determined to leave and keep Gu Lanzi and other City Council leaders waiting for a few more days, Mu Shanshan’s plan was completely disrupted by Lin Fei, her philandering husband.

To make things worse, it seemed like it was all for a free lunch; her beautiful eyes grew colder, almost ready to freeze Lin Fei!

This was all in front of Gu Lanzi, the influential deputy leader.

If it weren’t for her presence, Mu Shanshan would have been tempted to kick Lin Fei to death.

Just for the sake of a meal, he conspired with outsiders to trick her.

Beyond Mu Shanshan’s anger, there was some regret for the severe economic sanctions she had imposed on Lin Fei, her philandering husband.

Lin Fei was unaware of what his “CEO wife” was really thinking.

If he knew, he wouldn’t know whether to cry or laugh.

“President Mu, please don’t take offense.

Mr.

Lin didn’t want to lose face by refusing me, so we joined forces to play this act.

If you must blame someone, blame me.”

Seeing Mu Shanshan upset, Gu Lanzi, the instigator, couldn’t just stand by.

Taking a step forward, she pulled out a chair and sat next to Mu Shanshan.

“I had no choice either.

I called before, and you, President Mu, didn’t give me a chance to be the host.

If I came in person, I was afraid of being turned away.

It really was my last resort.”

“Leader Gu is being too serious.

The company had a few issues these last days, and I had no choice but to decline your request tactfully.

If Leader Gu doesn’t mind, I will surely pay a visit after my business trip in a few days.

If there’s nothing else, we’ll be taking our leave.”

With that, Mu Shanshan took Lin Fei’s arm, getting ready to leave.

This wasn’t Mu Shanshan merely pretending to leave to increase her value or to express her dissatisfaction.

She genuinely wanted to leave, although she knew Gu Lanzi was probably seeking to offer her benefits to bridge the gap between them.

Nobody dislikes obtaining benefits; as a businessman, Mu Shanshan was no exception.

However, the Zhonghai City Council was not under enough media pressure yet.

If she waited another couple of days, the local media in Zhonghai would notice the lack of an announcement withdrawal from Mu Group, and the Zhonghai City Council would have to face even more media scrutiny.

At the appointed time, it would be the best opportunity for Mu Shanshan to maximize her benefits.

Deep down, she already had a full plan in place, so how could Mu Shanshan be willing to negotiate with Gu Lanzi now?

She was, of course, looking for every possible way to extricate herself.

“Since you’re here, make yourself at home.

Even if President Mu isn’t willing to give me face, we should at least let Mr.

Lin have a full meal.”

While Mu Shanshan was thinking about delaying to increase her bargaining power, Gu Lanzi clearly wanted to negotiate as soon as possible to reduce the concessions she had to make to Mu Shanshan.

Having gone through considerable effort to arrange a meeting with Mu Shanshan, the ice queen CEO, through Lin Fei, Gu Lanzi was certainly not willing to let Mu Shanshan leave easily.

What Gu Lanzi said had escalated to a matter of face.

After all, she was the deputy leader in charge of economic affairs in Zhonghai City.

She had made her position clear, and if Mu Shanshan continued to insist on leaving, it would certainly be seen as denying face.

“It’s rare for Leader Gu to have the time to host, so on behalf of Lin Fei, I’ll toast to Leader Gu.”

Bang!

When Mu Shanshan lifted her glass to toast Gu Lanzi, she did not forget to lift her foot and harshly step on Lin Fei.

“Dear, I just remembered, it seems I left something at the office.

You chat, I’ll go back and get it.”

The situation is pressing—time to make a quick escape!

Although he didn’t understand business and politics, having lived with Mu Shanshan, the president and his wife, for a not inconsiderable amount of time, Lin Fei had developed some business sense.

From Mu Shanshan’s attitude after entering the room and the foot that twisted on the top of his foot, Lin Fei had more or less sensed the anger his CEO wife had towards him.

Since Gu Lanzi’s work was done and the two women seemed to have something else to talk about.

Having no interest in business and politics, and with his own CEO wife taking out her frustration on his foot, Lin Fei didn’t feel there was a need to continue sitting in the private room.

Lin Fei wanted to leave, but Mu Shanshan clearly had no intention of letting him go alone.

Lin Fei had just gotten up when Mu Shanshan immediately spoke coldly, “Things left at the office won’t be lost; you can go get them tomorrow just the same.

Since Leader Gu is hosting, you will stay and accompany her for a few more drinks today.”

“My main purpose today is to express an apology to President Mu on behalf of the City Council regarding the Chen Zimo incident.

Since Mr.

Lin has other matters, he is free to leave first.”

Seeing that Mu Shanshan wanted to personalize her invitation, Gu Lanzi simply made things clear.

In doing so, she also indirectly gave Lin Fei a reason to leave.

“Okay, you two talk.

Just pretend I’m invisible.”

Wanting to leave, but with his foot firmly pinned by his CEO wife, Mu Shanshan, Lin Fei couldn’t be bothered to find another reason to leave and simply sat down to continue enjoying the food.

“Mr.

Lin is not an outsider; today’s matter has benefited from his presence.

Let’s just cut to the chase.

As long as you, President Mu, are willing to forget the unpleasantness of the Chen Zimo incident, I can assure you on behalf of the City Council that there will absolutely be no similar incidents in the future.

Furthermore, the Council will also offer certain preferential policies to Mu Group.”

“If the preferential policies mentioned by Leader Gu include the key enterprise support fund, I think I would be very willing to forget those unpleasant things.”

With Gu Lanzi speaking so frankly, Mu Shanshan obviously no longer needed to avoid the topic.

The woman also straightforwardly voiced her demands…